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The expression 'Achilles' heel' means `a person's
weakest part'. Such an
expression has ___1___ origins in ancient Greece. Long
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there was a handsome, young warrior named Achilles.
He was a very brave warrior who
___3___ valiantly for the Greeks
___4___ the Trojan war.
Achilles
___5___ from the ranks quickly and became one of the
___6___
warriors in the Greek army. ___7___ a soldier, Achilles
seemed invincible
___8___ he could not be injured by his enemies at all. Achilles's secret was
___9___ when he was a baby, his
mother had
immersed him ___10___ the waters of the River Styx. The
magical power
of the water ___11___ him from any sort of injury he
would come ___12___ later in life.
However, there was one ___13___ of Achilles's body that
was not
protected - his heel. His mother had ___14___ this; she
had ___15___ him by his heel when she soaked him in the
river. This weakness was to ___16___ Achilles's downfall. One day, in a fierce
___17___,
Achilles killed a Trojan hero
called Hector. ___18___ retaliation, Hector's brother
shot a deadly arrow
___19___ Achilles's heel. As a result, Achilles died
___20___ the poison in the arrow. |
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The expression 'Achilles' heel' means 'a person's
weakest part'. Such an
expression has its origins in ancient Greece. Long
ago
there was a handsome, young warrior named Achilles.
He was a very brave warrior who
fought valiantly for the Greeks
during/in the Trojan war.
Achilles
rose from the ranks quickly and became one of the
best
warriors in the Greek army.
As a soldier, Achilles
seemed invincible
because he could not be injured by his enemies at all. Achilles's secret was
that when he was a baby, his
mother had
immersed him in the waters of the River Styx. The
magical power
of the water protected him from any sort of injury he
would come across later in life.
However, there was one
part of Achilles's body that
was not
protected - his heel. His mother had
overlooked this; she
had held him by
his heel when she soaked him in the river. This
weakness was to become Achilles's downfall. One day, in a fierce
battle,
Achilles killed a Trojan hero
called Hector. In retaliation, Hector's brother
shot a deadly arrow
at Achilles's heel. As a result, Achilles died
from the poison in the arrow. |
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